June 28 (day 28) – Winnipeg, MB, Day 2

We had a really fun day, which started with finding the house in Winnipeg where Chantal spent three months in 1985 when she participated in the Katimavik program.  After that we followed a walking tour through the Saint Boniface neighbourhood (the largest French-speaking community outside of Quebec) starting at the tombstone of Louis Riel, in front of the façade of the Saint Boniface Cathedral – all that is left of it after a fire in 1968 – which then took us across the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge into the lovely district of The Forks.  The Forks, a national historic site situated at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers, is full of fantastic public art, including Ai Weiwei’s “Forever Bicycles” (1254 in total), as well as a delightful indoor/outdoor market with restaurants and shops.